From 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene to Trichloroethylene epoxide

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Medline reference
Rosenzweig AC, Frederick CA, Lippard SJ, Nordlund P. Nature (1993) 366(6455): 537-43.

Search Medline titles for soluble methane monooxygenase AND trichloroethylene.
18 citations on August 21, 2012. 
       1,1,2-Trichloroethylene       
                  |
                  |  NAD(P)H + H+ + O2
  soluble methane | /
    monooxygenase |/
       1.14.13.25 | Search GenBank, 37 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NAD(P)+ + H2O
                  v
      Trichloroethylene epoxide
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